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The small town of Pleasureville welcomed a big addition to Main Street in July with the grand opening of the Pleasureville Farmers Market.  
 The Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (KCARD) team began working with Pleasureville community leaders Susan Schlosnagle, Cheryl Clark and Jakob Beckley early in the development of the farmers market plan, and the three community leaders give the KCARD team credit for helping the market get off the ground.

Unemployment rates fell in 119 Kentucky counties between April 2014 and April 2015, but rose in Union County, according to the Kentucky Office of Employment and Training, an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet.
 Woodford County recorded the lowest jobless rate in the Commonwealth at 3.4 percent. It was followed by Fayette and Oldham counties, 3.6 percent each; Scott and Shelby counties, 3.7 percent each; Boone and Owen counties, 3.8 percent each; and Anderson, Campbell, Jessamine, and Spencer counties, 3.9 percent each.

Health Mart, a national network of more than 3,200 independently owned pharmacies, recently announced that Erik and Jennifer Grove and Tom Beringer of Bluegrass Drug Center, Campbellsburg, have been honored with a Health Mart Community Healthcare Excellence Award for consistently providing care and services that add measurable value to patient health care and community wellness, according to a news release.

I want to give a warm welcome to KU/LG&E as new members of the Chamber.  Our utility companies are wonderful supporters of our Chamber.

As most of you are aware, I will be retiring from the Executive Director’s position on June 30.  The search has begun for a new director.  The position is listed in the classified section of this week’s Local, and I hope you will consider applying.